Alumni of Britain’s Elite Schools

LONDON — Graduates of Britain’s famous private schools are still overrepresented in the upper tiers of British life, from government to the arts.

The following 10 schools educate only about 0.3 percent of students, but they account for about 8 percent of people listed in Who’s Who, according to a study by the Sutton Trust, a research institution focused on social mobility. Below is a sampling of some of the alumni — in common parlance, “old boys” and “old girls” (but mostly boys) — who have made names for themselves.